E/CN.4/1995/78/Add.1 page 39 69/ In its communication to the Special Rapporteur, dated 21 October 1994, the International Council of Jewish Women stated that "in the United States, the interpretation of the First Amendment to the Constitution makes it possible to disseminate all kinds of ideas, even anti-democratic ones. This should lead us to examine the acceptable limits of freedom of expression in the light of the concept set out in article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibits incitement to racial hatred". 70/ The case in question concerned a White adolescent who had burned a cross on property belonging to an African American family in order to intimidate them and force them to move.